gavel
- Noun. (historical) Rent.
- Noun. (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
- Noun. A wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down.
- Noun. (figuratively) The legal system as a whole.
- Verb. To use a gavel.
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